Steam-cooker.



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f are. 755,042 Y i mot; PHILLIPS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STEAM- QOOKER.

. SPECIFICATION forming part s Letters Patent No. 755,042, dated March 22, 1904. Application filui Il Jecem'be/r 29, 1902; Serial No. 137,033- No model.)

I 6. 1? whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL J. PHILLIPS,-a citii zen or the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of (ook and State of Illinois, has invented a c rtain new and useful Imcment in Stcam-Ccokers, of which the wing is a specification.

s invention relates to steam-cookers 1 are employed for the purpose ot heat that; s veral varietiesof food may be cookc' at the same time without interfering with one another.

The cooker-of this invention is so arranged that it may be easily opened or closed or opened and partly closed and articles of "erted there-into or removed therefrom interfering with other articles of food \Vifmii me cooker.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a-front elev the cooker. showing the sliding door a sectional elevation of the cooker on line 2 of Fig. l with the sliding door open, and Fig. 3 a cross-sectional view on ilnc 3 of Fig. 2 of the cooker as shown in Fig.

As shown, the steam-cooker is constructed with a water tank or receptacle A, preferably which may be tinned within or 1 or! wise treated, it so desire hand to the I rear-oz this tank is attached a handle a for the i purpose of turning or tilting the entire i vice when so desired. The tank is provided I with a hole or opening 11' in its wall which I comtmmicatcs with a spout; A, into which i water be ponrel in iilling'the water tank or r: 'eg taclc. Armanthe top of the water- I tank an outwit-dis-tnrned flange 1/". to whi h the body Bot the cooker is attached by nit-ans of a bead which entirely surrounds the 5:; go 14'' and may be brazed, soidcred, or seemed th reto. The bmLv-scction entire front portion cut away with Qfiim] of an upper ring 1/ and a corro- ;,-3 lower ring f. The opening in the "iosctl by means of a curved sliding a size and shape adapted to slide the body and conform to the curvaroof, and the door is supported at its 1: bottom by means of the upper and top :a

' lowr-r rin s and if, which serve to complete l the circle of the body. Attached the top top of the door abuts and which serves to hold In order,

the door firmly in place at all times. however, to'further insure against the vertical movement of the door, it is provided with a plurality of angular guides which project over the top and further serve to hold the door in place- 'lhe'door is provided with upper and lower bands or coliars c' and c, which encircle the upperand lower rings of he body and coincide therewith when the door is fully open, but whenthe door is closed, as shown in Dodgerail of the cooker. In order to lift the cooker, a handle is provided, consisting of two whichis suitab iiaterial.

tically disposed plates 0, betweenmotmted a handle o, 'oFi-roo'd or other I Patent edhIarch-22,19041 flanges 0 which age adapted to contact with -,vert-ically disposed stop a forwardly-t-urne 0, which is secured to one side of the body, near the edge thereof, the stop being so arranged as to limit the travel of the door when the same has beettinlly opened or fully closed.

Within the cooker is a rack, preferably of open formation, which consists of a series of open shelves I), each oneof'which iscomposed of a ring (1, across which extend int ansverse direction two strips 1?, on which re ts the pans, p0ts, or other cooking utensils. flhe.

shelves are supported .upon rests J attho sides of the cooker and the latter rests being, formed of two sections, between which the rings are held, thereby preventing movement of the. rings when vcs sols have been placed thereon and the door closed. as shown in Fig. 2,:1 series of pans E are arrangedon the shelves; but the shelves may be removed when sodcsired, and a hook F, held by means of a socket f, may be employed from which to haugavessel or article of food to be cooked.

In use water is poured into the spout, tillin}; the tank or receptacle to a'sliita-bledcpth, aft r which the articles of food are arranged I at the rearthereofi;

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within the cooker upon their respective shelves and the sliding door closed by means Asthe waterisevaporated i in; operation or opening the door, and when it becomes neccssaryto .rernoveone of the sevcraLartieles of food within the cooker such removal can be effected .u'it'hucdisturbing 1 the other articles.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-* 1. In a steam-cooker, the combination of a bottom tank for containing-water. a scmicylindrical bodyhaving an opening on one side with a continuing ring of the body at the top and at the bottom of the openingand attached at its lower edge to the upper of the tank with an exterior head at the joint between the body and the tank, and a. semicyiindrical sliding door located extcriorly of and conforming to the curvature of and adapted to close the opening of the body and havinga continuing ring at the top and at the bottom and riding at its lower edge on the [3612i between the body and the tank as a track, substantially as described.

2. In a steam-cooker, the combination of a bottom tank for containing water, a semicylindrical body having an opening on one side with a continuing ring of the body at. the top and at the bottom of the openingand attached atitslo'wer edge to the upper of the tank with an exterior bead at the joint between the body and the tank, a semicy inirical sliding door located exteriorly of and conforming to the curvature of and adapted to close the opening of the body and having-a continuing ring at the top and at the bottom and riding at its lower edge on the head between the body and thctank as a track, and a series of shelves spaced apart and located one above the other within the body, substantially as described. r

3. In a steam-cooker, the combination of a bottom receptacle provided on one side with an inlet-opening for supplying water thereto, a semicylindrieal body having an opening on LII one side with an upper ring and a lower ring continuing from and completing the circle at ceptacle with an exterior head at the joint,

the top and bottom of the body sni attached at its lower edge to the upper edge of the rej and a sliding door of senicyiindrical shape i adapted to close the opening in the body and having an upper ring and a lower ring conforming to the curvature of the ,txxiy and the upper and lower rings thereof and located 1 exteriorly of the body, substsnfiaily de scribed.

4. In a steam-cooker, the combination of a bottom receptacle provided on one side with an inlet-opening for supplying water thereto, a se'micylindrical body havingan openingon one side with an upper ring and 1: lower ring continuing from and completing the circle at the top and bottom of the body and attached at its lower edge to the'upper edge of the re.- ceptacle with an exterior bend at the joint,

a sliding door of semicylindrical shape adapt- 7Q ed to close the opening in the body and having an upper ring and a lower ring conforming to the curvature of the body and the upper and lower rings thereof and located exteriorly of the body and a series of open shelves 7 5 spaced apart and located one above Iheother within the body, substantially as descrilxd.

5. In a steam-cooker, the combination of a bottom tank, having an outwardly turned flange on its upper edge, a spout. on one side 0 of the tank and opening therciuto for supplying water to the tank, a semicylindrieal body having an opening on one side with an uppen ring and alower ring'continuing from an completing the circle at the top and bottom of the body and the lower ring having a reversely-turned flange to receive the flange at the top of the tank uniting the tank and body and forming anexterior bead 'at the joint, a

top attached to the upper end of the body and the upper ring and having its periphery .projecting beyond the circle of the body and ring,

a sliding door of semicylindrical shape adapted to close the opening in the body and to lit bet-ween the bend around the body atits. lower end and the projecting edge of the top and having an upper ring and a lower ring couforming to the curvature of the body and of theupper and lower rings of the body and located exteriorly of the body, and a verti- ("ally-disposed stop on thebody and adapted to limit the travel of the door, substantially as described.

6. In a steam-cooker, the combination of asemicylindricalhodyhavingan openingon one 05 side thereof, a row of rests on the body adjacentto eachside of the opening, a row of back rests on the body cent-rally in front of the opening, each back rest consisting of an upperand lower part with a space between them, 1 IO and a series of shelves located within the body, each shelf consisting of a. rim and crossing strips for the rims to enter the double back rest and to lie upon the single side rests supporting the shelf within the body. substan- 5 

